( <美> plow)
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- a large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn by a tractor or by animals and used for cutting furrows in the soil and turning it over, especially to prepare for the planting of seeds犁。
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- mass noun land where the earth has been turned using such an implement犁过的地, 耕地：
she saw a brown strip of plough.
她看见一片棕色的耕地。
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- chiefly N. Amer. a snowplough〈主北美〉雪犁, 扫雪机。
with obj.
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- turn up the earth of (an area of land) with a plough, especially before sowing（尤指在播种前）翻犁：
the fields had all been ploughed up
地已全部翻过了
as adj. ploughed a ploughed field.已翻犁过的地。
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- cut (a furrow or line) with or as if with a plough（用或仿佛用犁）划出（沟或线）：
icebergs have ploughed furrows on the seabed.
冰山在海底上划出一道道沟。
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- (of a ship or boat) travel through (an area of water)（轮船, 木船）穿过（水域）, 破浪前进：
cruise liners plough the long-sailed routes.
游轮在长期航行的路线上乘风破浪前进。
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plough something up
unearth something while using a plough（用犁）挖出：some day someone will plough up the bomb and lose a leg.
总有一天有人会挖出那颗炸弹并失去一条腿。
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- no obj., with adverbial of direction(especially of a vehicle) move in a fast and uncontrolled manner（尤指车辆）猛撞：
the car ploughed into the side of a van.
那辆小汽车猛然撞上了货车的侧面。
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- advance or progress laboriously or forcibly奋勇前进, 奋力前行, 努力向前：
they ploughed their way through deep snow
他们奋力穿过深深的积雪
the students are ploughing through a set of grammar exercises.
学生们在努力做一套语法练习题。
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plough on
continue steadily despite difficulties or warnings to stop（不顾困难或要求停止的警告而）继续坚持：he ploughed on, trying to outline his plans.
他不顾一切继续讲下去, 试图简要地说明他的计划。
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- chiefly N. Amer. clear snow from (a road) using a snowplough〈主北美〉（用扫雪机）从（道路）清除积雪。
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- Brit. informal, dated fail (an examination)〈英, 非正式, 旧〉（考试）不及格。
短语
plough a lonely（或one's own） furrow
- follow a course of action in which one is isolated or in which one can act independently孤独无援地行动; 独立地行动。
put（或set）one's hand to the plough
- embark on a task着手做, 开始做。
- ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to Luke 9:62.
派生词
ploughable
adjectiveplougher
noun词源
late Old English plōh, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ploeg and German Pflug. The spelling plough became common in England in the 18th cent.; earlier （16th-17th cents） the noun was normally spelled plough, the verb plow.
短语动词
plough something in/back
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- plough grass or other material into the soil to enrich it把（草或其他材料）犁入土中做肥料。
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- invest money in a business or reinvest profits in the enterprise producing them投资; （把利润）再投资。